Across the world, countries seek to balance their needs—to increase energy access, maintain energy security, and accelerate the energy transition. Choices about energy being made today have significant implications not just for climate change but also for political stability, geopolitics, and global growth. How will the developing world chart a course towards secure energy transitions? How can innovation and partnerships preserve growth and increase access alongside the structural shift from old to new fuels? Who benefits from these new dynamics in global energy security, and what is the future of institutions like OPEC?
Hakob Vardanyan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures, Republic of Armenia
Gawdat Bahgat, Professor of National Security Affairs, National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, United States
Mounia Boucetta, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South, Morocco
Rajeev Gowda, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), India
Ornela Çuçi, Vice President, IKAR Holdings, Albania
Tadas Norvydas, Head of Climate Change Mitigation Centre, Lithuanian Energy Agency, Lithuania
Moderator: Verena Sturm, Director - Innovation, Tech, and Social Impact, Observer Research Foundation Middle East, United Arab Emirates